Sentence examples for approved generic version from inspiring English sources

The general perception among physicians is that an approved generic version of a drug is identical to the branded original and can be prescribed without further consideration.

AstraZeneca, for example, has an agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, a generic manufacturer, to make an approved generic version of its Pulmicort Respules, an asthma medicine for home inhalation treatments.

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) — The Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that regulators had approved generic versions of Ambien, a blockbuster sleeping pill from Sanofi-Aventis.

The Senate bill would allow the F.D.A. to approve generic versions of biotech drugs.

Production in animal milk might also appeal to new companies hoping to make lower-priced copycat versions of biotechnology drugs, if the regulatory procedures are eventually adopted for approving generic versions of such drugs.

There is no procedure for quickly approving generic versions of so-called biologics -- drugs made from living cells, like vaccines, blood factors and genetically engineered proteins -- because these drugs are regulated under a different law.

The first biologics are now losing the patent protection that permits companies to charge high prices, but there is no process for the United States Food and Drug Administration to approve generic versions.

Republicans opposed the bill, but praised a provision that would give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to approve generic versions of expensive biotechnology drugs, along the lines favored by brand-name companies like Genentech.

The agency is already studying what will be needed to approve generic versions of drugs like insulin and growth hormone, and that effort will not be affected by today's announcements.

Purdue Pharma, a privately held company based in Stamford, Conn., said in its petition to the Food and Drug Administration that the agency should not approve generic versions of OxyContin until their makers come up with plans to restrict abuse of the drug.

In a major policy move, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it would not approve generic versions of the powerful narcotic OxyContin, the painkiller that symbolized a decade-long epidemic of prescription drug abuse.